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Carlovingian

American  
[kahr-luh-vin-jee-uhn] / ˌkɑr ləˈvɪn dʒi ən /

adjective

  1. Carolingian.


Carlovingian British  
/ ˌkɑːləʊˈvɪndʒɪən /

adjective

  1. history a variant of Carolingian

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Races, turbulence of the Carlovingian period ascribed to the antipathy between, i. 128-134.

From View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Hallam, Henry

To manuscript Number 9, dated the year 811, two pieces of Carlovingian money were attached.

From The Galley Slave's Ring or The Family of Lebrenn. A Tale of The French Revolution of 1848 by Sue, Eug?ne

He instituted the school for it in the Lateran, whence the Carlovingian monarchs obtained teachers of singing and organ-playing.

From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.

Many like examples may be cited from the early history of the Germans, especially from that of the Merovingian and the Carlovingian dynasties.

From An Introduction to the History of Japan by Hara, Katsuro

The Papacy needed the support of a strong secular power, and when the Carlovingian Empire dissolved, it had nothing to rest on, neither genius nor military force, and fell into deep degradation.

From A Short History of Italy (476-1900) by Sedgwick, Henry Dwight

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